SHBHDES004 — Create classic long hair up-styles

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• consult with at least six clients and complete a pre-service analysis covering the following characteristics to design and recommend appropriate long hair up-styles: - facial features and bone structure - natural hair type - hair texture - growth patterns - movement - length and structure of haircut
• style and finish hair for the above six clients to their satisfaction, and complete at least four of these long hair up-styles cumulatively across the clients: - braids - classic French rolls - twists - classic chignons - donut roll with padding - vintage rolls
• use these tools and techniques, cumulatively across the suite of clients, to prepare hair for up-styling: - blow drying using brushes to create curl, wave or volume - blow drying using brushes to straighten or smooth hair - applying hot rollers to set hair
• use these finishing techniques, cumulatively across the suite of clients: - brushing - dry moulding - placing - backcombing - smoothing over backcombing - securing hair using bands or pins not visible in finished design - applying fixing products

Knowledge evidence

• key characteristics and interrelationships of the elements and principles of hair design and use in creating finished long hair up-style effects;
• elements of hair design: - line - shape - direction - size - texture - colour
• principles of hair design: - balance - gradation - repetition - contrast - harmony - dominance - unity
• different facial shapes and long hair up-styles which best complement particular shapes
• characteristics of the following hair features, how these will impact on finished long hair up-styles and appropriate designs for best outcomes: - natural hair types: - European - Asian - Euro-Asian - African - hair texture: - coarse - medium - fine - hair movement: - straight - wavy - natural curl - chemical curl or waves - haircut structure: - solid form - layered - graduated - combination of structures - natural distribution and growth patterns of hair: - crown area - hairline - neckline - cowlicks (whorls)
• effects of thermal tools on hair condition and structure and ways to maintain the integrity of hair during styling
• effects of humidity on finished long hair up-styles
• key features of the organisation’s styling and finishing products range: - product purpose and suitability for different types of hair - action on the hair - application instructions - processing times, if applicable
• industry practices and organisational procedures for: - client comfort and safety with particular emphasis on: - using gown and towels to protect client clothes - avoiding product contact with eyes - monitoring use of heated tools to avoid client burns - work health and safety for providing hair styling services, with particular emphasis on: - safe use of electrical hair styling equipment - using correct posture and adjusting height of client chair to avoid fatigue and injury - using correct techniques to hold, grip and manipulate styling tools to avoid fatigue and injury - minimising wastage of styling and finishing products - waste disposal with particular emphasis on environmentally sound disposal methods for styling and finishing products and containers.

Foundation skills

• Reading skills: interpret sometimes unfamiliar and detailed documents including organisational procedures and product instructions.
• Oral communication skills: ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to effectively interact with client and meet their needs clearly represent hair designs to clients.
• Planning and organising skills: manage own timing and productivity to complete hair designs within organisational service times.

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